A history of rock music + The Darkness | The Guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/music/series/a-history-of-rock-music+the-darkness
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Spinal Tap blur fact and fictionhttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/12/spinal-tap-blur-fact-fiction
2 March 1984: Number 37 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock music<p>Comedy movies don't enter the realms&nbsp;of rock history, but This Is Spinal Tap was different. Its attention to detail in its depiction of a squabbling and struggling metal band was so perfect – and so well received – that real metal&nbsp;bands started to claim they had&nbsp;been the inspiration for the pratfalls portrayed.</p><p>Black Sabbath's disastrous appearance at the 1983 Reading festival, with an oversized Stonehenge-themed stage set, certainly provided a model for the Tap's own miniature equivalent; dozens of musicians claimed they had been the ones who had really been lost in the wings, unable to find the stage. It&nbsp;also provided inspiration of its own: the amp that goes up to 11, for when 10 just isn't loud enough, has passed into rock folklore, and the Darkness appeared to have modelled their whole&nbsp;career on Spinal Tap.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/12/spinal-tap-blur-fact-fiction">Continue reading...</a>Pop and rockMusicCultureSpinal TapBlack SabbathThe DarknessSat, 11 Jun 2011 23:14:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/12/spinal-tap-blur-fact-fictionEbet Roberts/RedfernsSpinal Tap backstage at CBGB's in New York City. Photograph: Ebet Roberts/RedfernsEbet Roberts/RedfernsSpinal Tap backstage at CBGB's in New York City. Photograph: Ebet Roberts/RedfernsMichael Hann2011-06-11T23:14:01Z